diff --git a/source/val/validate_dot_product.cpp b/source/val/validate_dot_product.cpp
index 21cc4be247..972c6445c6 100644
--- a/source/val/validate_dot_product.cpp
+++ b/source/val/validate_dot_product.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ spv_result_t ValidateSameSignedDot(ValidationState_t& _,
     return _.diag(SPV_ERROR_INVALID_DATA, inst)
            << "'Vector 1' and 'Vector 2' must be the same type.";
   } else if (is_vec_1_scalar && is_vec_2_scalar) {
+    if (!_.HasCapability(spv::Capability::DotProductInput4x8BitPacked)) {
+      return _.diag(SPV_ERROR_INVALID_DATA, inst)
+             << "DotProductInput4x8BitPacked capability is required to use "
+                "scalar integers.";
+    }
+
     // If both are scalar, spec doesn't say Signedness needs to match
     const uint32_t vec_1_width = _.GetBitWidth(vec_1_id);
     const uint32_t vec_2_width = _.GetBitWidth(vec_2_id);
@@ -139,6 +145,32 @@ spv_result_t ValidateSameSignedDot(ValidationState_t& _,
              << vec_1_width << ").";
     }
 
+    if (!_.HasCapability(spv::Capability::DotProductInputAll)) {
+      // 4-wide 8-bit ints are special exception that has its own capability
+      if (vec_1_length == 4 && vec_1_width == 8) {
+        if (!_.HasCapability(spv::Capability::DotProductInput4x8Bit)) {
+          return _.diag(SPV_ERROR_INVALID_DATA, inst)
+                 << "DotProductInput4x8Bit or DotProductInputAll capability is "
+                    "required to use 4-component vectors of 8-bit integers.";
+        }
+      } else {
+        // provide a more helpful message what is going on if we are here
+        // reporting this error
+        if (_.HasCapability(spv::Capability::DotProductInput4x8BitPacked)) {
+          return _.diag(SPV_ERROR_INVALID_DATA, inst)
+                 << "DotProductInputAll capability is required use vectors. "
+                    "(DotProductInput4x8BitPacked capability declared allows "
+                    "for only 32-bit int scalars)";
+        } else {
+          return _.diag(SPV_ERROR_INVALID_DATA, inst)
+                 << "DotProductInputAll capability is additionally required to "
+                    "the DotProduct capability to use vectors. (It is possible "
+                    "to set DotProductInput4x8BitPacked to only use 32-bit "
+                    "scalars packed as a 4-wide 8-byte vector)";
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     if (opcode == spv::Op::OpUDot || opcode == spv::Op::OpUDotAccSat) {
       const bool vec_1_unsigned =
           _.IsIntScalarTypeWithSignedness(vec_1_type, 0);
diff --git a/test/val/val_extension_spv_khr_integer_dot_product_test.cpp b/test/val/val_extension_spv_khr_integer_dot_product_test.cpp
index df5df125ce..9e3d53aa87 100644
--- a/test/val/val_extension_spv_khr_integer_dot_product_test.cpp
+++ b/test/val/val_extension_spv_khr_integer_dot_product_test.cpp
@@ -1278,6 +1278,8 @@ std::string GenerateShaderCode(const std::string& body) {
   ss << R"(
 OpCapability Shader
 OpCapability DotProductKHR
+OpCapability DotProductInputAll
+OpCapability DotProductInput4x8BitPacked
 OpCapability Int16
 OpCapability Int64
 OpCapability LongVectorEXT
@@ -1489,6 +1491,120 @@ TEST_F(ValidateIntegerDotProductSimple, UDotAccSat) {
               HasSubstr("Result must be the same as the Accumulator type"));
 }
 
+TEST_F(ValidateIntegerDotProductSimple, CapabilityDotProductInput4x8BitPacked) {
+  const std::string ss = R"(
+     OpCapability Shader
+     OpCapability DotProductKHR
+     OpExtension "SPV_KHR_integer_dot_product"
+     OpMemoryModel Logical GLSL450
+     OpEntryPoint GLCompute %main "main"
+     OpExecutionMode %main LocalSize 1 1 1
+     %void = OpTypeVoid
+     %fn = OpTypeFunction %void
+     %int = OpTypeInt 32 1
+     %v2int = OpTypeVector %int 2
+     %int_1 = OpConstant %int 1
+     %main = OpFunction %void None %fn
+     %label = OpLabel
+     %x = OpSDot %int %int_1 %int_1
+     OpReturn
+     OpFunctionEnd
+  )";
+  CompileSuccessfully(ss);
+  EXPECT_EQ(SPV_ERROR_INVALID_DATA, ValidateInstructions());
+  EXPECT_THAT(getDiagnosticString(),
+              HasSubstr("DotProductInput4x8BitPacked capability is required to "
+                        "use scalar integers"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(ValidateIntegerDotProductSimple, CapabilityDotProductInput4x8Bit) {
+  const std::string ss = R"(
+     OpCapability Shader
+     OpCapability DotProductKHR
+     OpCapability Int8
+     OpExtension "SPV_KHR_integer_dot_product"
+     OpMemoryModel Logical GLSL450
+     OpEntryPoint GLCompute %main "main"
+     OpExecutionMode %main LocalSize 1 1 1
+     %void = OpTypeVoid
+     %fn = OpTypeFunction %void
+     %char = OpTypeInt 8 1
+     %v4char = OpTypeVector %char 4
+     %char_1 = OpConstant %char 1
+     %v4char_1 = OpConstantComposite %v4char %char_1 %char_1 %char_1 %char_1
+     %main = OpFunction %void None %fn
+     %label = OpLabel
+     %x = OpSDot %char %v4char_1 %v4char_1
+     OpReturn
+     OpFunctionEnd
+  )";
+  CompileSuccessfully(ss);
+  EXPECT_EQ(SPV_ERROR_INVALID_DATA, ValidateInstructions());
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      getDiagnosticString(),
+      HasSubstr("DotProductInput4x8Bit or DotProductInputAll capability is "
+                "required to use 4-component vectors of 8-bit integers"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(ValidateIntegerDotProductSimple, CapabilityDotProductInputAll) {
+  const std::string ss = R"(
+     OpCapability Shader
+     OpCapability DotProductKHR
+     OpExtension "SPV_KHR_integer_dot_product"
+     OpMemoryModel Logical GLSL450
+     OpEntryPoint GLCompute %main "main"
+     OpExecutionMode %main LocalSize 1 1 1
+     %void = OpTypeVoid
+     %fn = OpTypeFunction %void
+     %int = OpTypeInt 32 1
+     %int_1 = OpConstant %int 1
+     %v4int = OpTypeVector %int 4
+     %v4int_1 = OpConstantComposite %v4int %int_1 %int_1 %int_1 %int_1
+     %main = OpFunction %void None %fn
+     %label = OpLabel
+     %x = OpSDot %int %v4int_1 %v4int_1
+     OpReturn
+     OpFunctionEnd
+  )";
+  CompileSuccessfully(ss);
+  EXPECT_EQ(SPV_ERROR_INVALID_DATA, ValidateInstructions());
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      getDiagnosticString(),
+      HasSubstr("DotProductInputAll capability is additionally required to the "
+                "DotProduct capability to use vectors. (It is possible to set "
+                "DotProductInput4x8BitPacked to only use 32-bit scalars packed "
+                "as a 4-wide 8-byte vector)"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(ValidateIntegerDotProductSimple, CapabilityDotProductInputAll2) {
+  const std::string ss = R"(
+     OpCapability Shader
+     OpCapability DotProductKHR
+     OpCapability DotProductInput4x8BitPacked
+     OpExtension "SPV_KHR_integer_dot_product"
+     OpMemoryModel Logical GLSL450
+     OpEntryPoint GLCompute %main "main"
+     OpExecutionMode %main LocalSize 1 1 1
+     %void = OpTypeVoid
+     %fn = OpTypeFunction %void
+     %int = OpTypeInt 32 1
+     %int_1 = OpConstant %int 1
+     %v4int = OpTypeVector %int 4
+     %v4int_1 = OpConstantComposite %v4int %int_1 %int_1 %int_1 %int_1
+     %main = OpFunction %void None %fn
+     %label = OpLabel
+     %x = OpSDot %int %v4int_1 %v4int_1
+     OpReturn
+     OpFunctionEnd
+  )";
+  CompileSuccessfully(ss);
+  EXPECT_EQ(SPV_ERROR_INVALID_DATA, ValidateInstructions());
+  EXPECT_THAT(getDiagnosticString(),
+              HasSubstr("DotProductInputAll capability is required use "
+                        "vectors. (DotProductInput4x8BitPacked capability "
+                        "declared allows for only 32-bit int scalars)"));
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 }  // namespace val
 }  // namespace spvtools